Improved bracket



M. H. MATSINGER.

Bracket for Flag Staffs.

Patented June 2.l 1865.

No. 48,420. y Y

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y UMTED'STATS" PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE H-. MATSINGER, oFfrrirnnDELrHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.;

i Specification forming partei-Letters Patent N0,. 181,420, datedJune.'27;1865,-

'an Improved Bracket-,and Ldo hereby declare' the `followingto be afullcl ear," and exact deiscription of the `sanie,.reference Vbeing' hadto the accompanying.drawings, and tothe letters ',oftrcference markedthereon.

.Myfnventionf-consists in aplate -with certain sockets, constructedsubstantially as described hercinatteaand adapted for thereception ot'Aav i, flag-staff or rod, soth at the latter may be readily secured 'inits positionor detached, as required. u i 1 `In'=o rder to enable othersto make my inven-4 tion, 1 will now proceed todescribethe mannerofcarrying the saine into effect. p g i Onreference to the acco inpanyin gdrawings, which lform a part of this specification, Figure et, and Fig.2 a plan view. r j

Y i isa sectional elevation'ot' myimproved brackviews.

A' is aiiat .Stripor plate of metal, which is twisted at the point :v sothat the face of one portion, a, of the plate 'shallbe at right anglesto the face of the remaining portion, b.. The* portion a is curved, asshown inFig. 1,1and at the outer endv of this portion is a circularsocket, c, theportion b b'ein g also provided with a sock' et,"c, thetwo sockets being so situated in re 'spect' to each other that'the endof astai'passed through the socket c will rest on the socket c." Thebracket: is secured to a window-sill, .or

Similar letters referto similar-partsin both l l in any other desiredposition, bya plateior strip,

vB, which-extends across the portion b, the plate bein g fastened to thesill by screws e e, and the bracket being further'secnred by a screw,e',

'which passes throughan opening near the end rcfg-,he portion b. Afterthe bracket is secured 'in\it s position a iiag'staft or rod maybeinserted in. the sockets c and c", where it will be firml y held. i

It will beapparent that a bracket of the above descriptioniswwellradapted for the receptioiifof 'dag-staisor other rods whichrequire to `be quicklyr 4'placedl Vin p/osit-ion or removed, that it canbe cheaply manufactured', and may be readily secured 'in its position. yA A vbracket of this characteris especially 'I "adapted'for thereception of the staffs of flags which haveto behung from windows. aslthe shutters canbealmost entirely closed and the sashesbe loweredwithout coming in contact :with thebracket or theelsta.' f .Y

I'vclaim as my invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent- `Theplate A, with it-sv sockets c and c', the

Vwhole beingconstructed and adaptedvfor vthe reception-of 'a rodorstati', substantially as'describedi" l 4 In testimonyvwh'ereot havesigned myname to thisspecification in the presence of two sub- "scribingwitnesses. p l

' MAURICE H-..l\IATSINGER. Witnesses: l

CHARLES E. FOSTER, CHARLEs HowjsoN.

